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APWH Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Agrarian | A person who advocates a redistribution of landed property. |
Archeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. |
City-State | a state consisting of a sovereign city. |
Civilization | The most advanced stage of human social development and organization. |
Communal | Shared by all members of a community; for common use. |
Edifice | A building, esp. a large, imposing one |
Egalitarian | Of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. |
Era | A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic. |
Filial | Of or due from a son or daughter; Denoting the generation or generations after the parental generation. |
Incarnation | A person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality |
Indigenous | Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native |
Metallurgy | The branch of science that deals with the properties of metals. |
Monarachy | A form of government with a monarch at the head |
Nomadic | mobile: migratory |
Oracle | 1.A priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity. |
Pagan | A person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. |
Pastoral | Used for or related to the keeping or grazing of sheep or cattle. |
Patriarch | The male head of a family or tribe. |
Sedentary | Characterized by much sitting and little physical exercise. |
Stratification | the act or process or arranging persons into classes or social strata. |
Subsistence | The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level. |
Venerate | Regard with great respect; revere. |